G-ENV · Former PhD student
Thesis: The cost of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in Madagascar
Defended on 5 December 2014
Doctoral research
The cost of REDD+ in Madagascar.
Keywords
REDD+; cost; conservation instruments; payments for ecosystem services (PES); smallholder agriculture; Madagascar.
Summary
The thesis critically examines the idea that REDD+ is a low-cost climate-mitigation option. It analyses the limits of approaches focused only on opportunity costs and considers the real economic, institutional and social conditions that shape the effectiveness of REDD+ in Madagascar.